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Figure of a River Deity

Made by: Strasbourg Manufactory (France, working 1720–1781)
French
about 1748

Medium/Technique Tin-glazed earthenware (faience), colored enamels
Dimensions Height: 27.9 cm (11 in.)
Credit Line Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.930.1
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

DescriptionMale river god reclining beside overturned pot spouting water, crowned with foliage and partly draped in blue, on oblong grassy base
ProvenanceOctober 1991, purchased from Michel Vandermeersch, Paris (dealer) by Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger, New York